Book

Excavations at Wari, Ayacucho, Peru

Published for the Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University, by the Yale University Press • (49) • Published In 1953 • Pages: 121 , plates

By: Bennett, Wendell Clark.

Abstract

This is a report of Bennett's 1950 summer excavation at the Huari site. Although Tello rediscovered the site in the 1930s, he did not publish his material. Bennett excavated selected areas around the site, uncovering 62,000 sherds from 21 pits in three sites, Huari, Conchopata, and Acuchimay. He describes the stratigraphy of each excavation and reports on building structures and construction. He identifies six major ceramic styles: Plainware, Redware, Blackware, Bichrome, Polychrome, and Polychrome Fine. Bennett considered Huari a local phenomenon, unaware of its full regional extent. Unfortunately he got the sequences wrong, which later scholars had to correct. The ceramic styles he discusses in the last chapter as external to the Huari are now considered part of the Huari Middle Horizon Empire.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

South America

Sub Region

Central Andes

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Ian Skoggard ; 2002

Field Date

1950

Coverage Date

Middle Horizon

Coverage Place

Huari, Mantaro Basin, Peru

Notes

Wendell C. Bennett

Issued in single cover with no. 50 of the series

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121)

LCCN

a 54008878

LCSH

Indians of South America--Antiquities--Peru